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inside the skin, so we were able to remove it 

 without assistance. This act closed scene 

 number one. 



He was quieting down and ready to start 

 in for further practice, when he saw F. hook 

 one, which seemed to make him wild, for he 

 reeled up his line, and started to go across 

 the river, as it was near the opposite side of 

 the mill that the boat was anchored. To get 

 there it was necessary to go up the river 

 75 yards, and walk over a boom formed 

 by pairs of logs treenailed together and 

 covered with boards. Without the slightest 

 thought of his lady companions, he started at 

 a quick march, leaving them to follow him 

 as best they could. I remained on the 

 mill side, watching F. play his fish, which 

 proved to be a wild, stubborn fellow, and 

 occupied half an hour or more to capture. 

 In the mean time the officer had reached 

 the other side, and forded a channel of very 

 swift water into a rocky shoal some 25 

 yards below F.'s boat, on which he took his 

 stand and commenced fishing up, and con- 

 sequently against, the stream, nearly causing 

 the loss of F.'s salmon, by tangling the lines. 



